The California 2021-2022 legislative session ended on August 31, at midnight. After both houses approve a bill, it goes to the Governor and the Governor has three choices - sign the bill into law, allow it to become law without their signature, or veto it. The Governor had until midnight, September 30, to determine the […]
Family Doc Volunteers Needed to Knock on Doors on September 24th, October 8th, and November 5th. Join Dr. Jasmeet Bains and your fellow Family Physicians as we support Jasmeet's effort to get elected to the California Assembly. Support Jasmeet and help raise the voice of family physicians. We will travel to Assembly District 35 to […]
The Congress of Delegates (COD) is the Academy's policy-making body. Its membership consists of two delegates and two alternates from each constituent chapter and from the member constituencies including new physicians, residents, students, and other constituency groups represented at the National Conference of Constituency Leaders. The Congress elects new officers and three members to serve on […]
CAFP has updated the chart reflecting the actions taken by the Board on all resolutions which has been posted here. As a reminder, the chart of actions taken is updated after each quarterly meeting of the Board and posted to the website and shared with members via the Academy in Action newsletter. While the majority of […]
During the 2020 and 2021 years, the AAFP Congress of Delegates (COD) was either postponed or held virtually, with opportunities to forward state resolutions for national consideration, subsequently restricted. After the most recent CAFP Board meeting, an update was made to the 2020 resolution A-1-20 (Closing Detention Camps). It was determined it was no longer […]
Family Physician Jasmeet Bains, MD is running for California State Assembly District 35. Despite being a first-time candidate, Dr. Bains finished the primaries neck in neck with her opponent. The result is truly remarkable, and she is now heading to the November general election with real strength and momentum.After setting up and treating patients in […]
From Lauren Simon, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CAFP President After careful and thorough debate and consideration of the policy and politics, the CAFP Board of Directors has voted to take a support position on AB 35 (Reyes and Umberg). AB 35 keeps California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act’s (MICRA) essential guardrails solidly in place for patients […]
CAFP was honored to award Assembly Member, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry with 2022 Champion of Family Medicine. Assembly Aguiar-Curry has been a champion of many issues important to family physicians and our patients including improving access to care for patients through telehealth services. She understands the importance of family physicians in their communities (Carla to insert personal […]
At the 2022 All Member Advocacy Meeting (AMAM), CAFP announced the 2022 Hero of Family Medicine award winner. The award is presented annually to a CAFP member who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to advocate for patients, colleagues and the family medicine specialty. The winner of the CAFP's 2022 Hero of […]
